What’s a mason bee?

WE PARTNERED WITH OUR FRIENDS AT CROWN BEES TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH MASON BEES AND SUPPLIES.

The mason bee is a solitary bee, as a result, they are very gentle as they have no hive to defend.

Each female is a queen, and spends her entire live gathering pollen and nectar, laying eggs, and separating her egg chambers with mud.

Few bees create honey. The mason bee’s primary duty for you is to create great pollination!

All mason bees live about 6 weeks and emerge with different temperatures. (There are over 130 species in North America!) The spring mason bees emerge when daytime temperatures are about 55°F.

What do you need to successfully raise mason bees?

Pollen in your yard. The spring mason bee is a generalist, and gathers her pollen from native and other spring blossoms.

Holes to nest in. We have found that the mason bee prefers to nest in roughly 5/16″ (8mm) holes, about 6″ (15cm) deep.

House to keep nesting material dry. Our houses are weather resistant.

Good clayey-mud. Don’t underestimate this requirement… Your bees need the right mud to build their nests in holes. A small portion of your time to watch for pests while they’re nesting and in the fall with harvesting.5°F.